Reyna HamsaMarch 2022 Sterling silver, pearl I make my wife a lot of jewelry, but it's mostly unsolicitedshe doesn't actually wear that much of the stuff. So when she asked me to make her a talisman, I took note. She'd been wearing one of my own hamsot for a few weeks, and decided she wanted one that was more personalized. We came up with this delicate, almost gossamer fine design. She chose a pearl for the gem in the hamsa which is a perfect choice on multiple

and the uniformity of the both the surface and stone sizes creates an unparalleled smoothness to the touch and a whole heck of a lot of bling

This antique adjustable Chinese ring has a lotus blossom emblem at the top of the ring

which is offset enough that it might work with hexagons… and this pendant was born

circa 1997

but at least my wife has more places to store the jewelry I've made her for anniversaries past

You gotta admit

They delved into her Chinese heritage for inspiration

After 365 days of wedded bliss to my wife

as in a match between husband and wife

which symbolizes unity

and were looking forward to a new style

I used the silver strips to create a backless bezel around the stone discs